Under the Storm
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Yonge Charlotte Mary. Under the Storm
CHAPTER I. THE TRUST
CHAPTER II. THE STRAGGLERS
CHAPTER III. KIRK RAPINE
CHAPTER IV. THE GOOD CAUSE
CHAPTER V. DESOLATION
CHAPTER VI. LEFT TO THEMSELVES
CHAPTER VII. THE HERMIT'S GULLEY
CHAPTER VIII. STEAD IN POSSESSION
CHAPTER IX. WINTRY TIMES
CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE HARVEST DAY
CHAPTER XI. THE FORTUNES OF WAR
CHAPTER XII. FAREWELL TO THE CAVALIERS
CHAPTER XIII. GODLY VENN'S TROOP
CHAPTER XIV. THE QUESTION
CHAPTER XV. A TABLE OF LOVE IN THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XVI. A FAIR OFFER
CHAPTER XVII. THE GROOM IN GREY
CHAPTER XVIII. JEPH'S GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIX. PATIENCE
CHAPTER XX. EMLYN'S SERVICE
CHAPTER XXI. THE ASSAULT OF THE CAVERN
CHAPTER XXII. EMLYN'S TROTH
CHAPTER XXIII. FULFILMENT
Отрывок из книги
John Kenton, though a Churchwarden, was, as has been said, a very small farmer, and the homestead was no more than a substantial cottage, built of the greystone of the country, with the upper story projecting a little, and reached by an outside stair of stone. The farm yard, with the cowsheds, barn, and hay stack were close in front, with only a narrow strip of garden between, for there was not much heed paid to flowers, and few kitchen vegetables were grown in those days, only a few potherbs round the door, and a sweet-brier bush by the window.
The cows had made their way home of their own accord, and Patience was milking one of them already, while little Rusha held the baby, which was swaddled up as tightly as a mummy, with only his arms free. He stretched them out with a cry of gladness as he saw his father, and Kenton took the little creature tenderly in his arms and held him up, while Steadfast hurried off to fetch the milking stool and begin upon the other cow.
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"Nay!" said Steadfast, "but there's them as says the windows be popish idols."
"Never you mind 'em, lad, ye don't bow down to the glass, nor worship it. Thy blessed mother would have put it to you better than I can, and she knew the Bible from end to end, but says she 'God would have His worship for glory and for beauty in the old times, why not now?'"
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